Scala Dessign Patterns: Lazy Evaluation

Introduction

Lazy Evaluation makes sure that an expression is evaluated only once when it is actually needed.

Agenda:

Lazy Evaluation using Scala

Code:

case class Person(name: String)
class PersonService {
  def getFromDatabase: List[Person] = {
    println("Start fetching data .... ")
    Thread.sleep(3000)
    List(Person("Knoldus"), Person("James"), Person("Taara"))
  }

  def withoutLazyEvaluation(persons: => List[Person]) = {
    println(s"Evaluate Without Lazy First Time ${persons}")
    println(s"Evaluate Without Lazy Second Time ${persons}")
  }

  def withLazyEvaluation(persons: => List[Person]) = {
    lazy val personsCopy = persons
    println(s"Evaluate With Lazy First Time ${personsCopy}")
    println(s"Evaluate With Lazy Second Time ${personsCopy}")
  }
}
object LazyEvaluation extends App {

  val service = new PersonService()
  service.withoutLazyEvaluation(service.getFromDatabase)
  service.withLazyEvaluation(service.getFromDatabase)
}

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References:

• Scala Design Patterns By Ivan Nikolov